Ruby Pearl Sexton : Obituary

Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Pearl Brown Sexton, age 82, of Blairsville, who passed away Saturday evening, August 18, 2012 in Union County Nursing Home in Blairsville.

Mrs. Sexton was born in Blairsville, on March 3, 1930, a daughter of the late Henry Brown and Collesta Thomason Brown. She was a lifelong resident of Blairsville, and a member of Mountain Grace Baptist Church in Young Harris, Georgia. Ruby was a homemaker, and also worked at a dress factory; she was an excellent seamstress. Mrs. Sexton was a dedicated church worker and enjoyed convention singings. Besides her parents, she had been preceded in death by two sisters: Cleo Hooper and Ellen Collins; and eight brothers: Elbert Brown, Lewis Brown, Paul Brown, Harmon Brown, Emory Brown, Clayton Brown, Barney Brown, and Homer Brown.

A wonderful mother and grandmother, Mrs. Sexton will be lovingly remembered by many, but especially her family: her loving husband of 64 years, Everett, of Blairsville; daughters and sons-in-law, Dianne and Richard Morgan; Brenda and Herman Garrett; and Kathy and Kyle Moss, all of Blairsville; sisters: Connie Galloway of Gastonia, North Carolina; Frankie Dunaway, of Rockmart, Georgia; and Ethel Self, of Columbia, South Carolina; Eight grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services for Mrs. Sexton have been scheduled for Tuesday, August 21st, at 3:00 p.m., in the Chapel of Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville, with Rev. Denny Moss and Rev. Dewey Cox officiating. Special music will be presented by the Denny Moss Family. The following gentlemen have been selected to serve as pallbearers: Jody Moss, Wesley Garrett, Justin Moss, Travis Morgan, Zachary Coker, and Evan Jaco. Burial will be in Mountain Grace Baptist Church Cemetery in Hayesville, North Carolina.
Visitation at the funeral home will be held on Monday evening, August 20, 2012, between the hours of 6 until 9 p.m.

Arrangements entrusted by the family to Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville. Please share your condolences with the family on our website, www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.